| 'Fasting detoxifies the body, but don't overdo' |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Fasting for religious purposes is common in India. The month of Shravan has just concluded and the month of Ramzan is on - in both of which fasting is an integral part. Doctors say the practice does more than just appease the gods: it also benefits your body, if done with care.
Priyanka Rohatgi, chief clinical nutritionist of the Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, believes th... |
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| Thackeray slams Advani for 'demoralising' blog musings |
Mumbai, Aug 7: Hitting out at BJP leader LK Advani for predicting a non-Congress, non NDA government in 2014, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday said it was akin to conceding defeat “without even entering the boxing ring” and asked the opposition NDA “not to lose heart”.
“If Advani has any doubts, he can come to me (Matoshri, Thackeray’s residen... |
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| Paswan calls Advani 'frustrated' |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan has described BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani as a frustrated politician in the wake of his 2014 general election predictions.
Reacting to Advani's latest blog, Paswan said that the latter has now realized that his political innings is all but over.
He, however, expressed confidence that the ruling UPA would once ... |
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| JD(U) says Nitish eligible for PM |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Praising BJP leader LK Advani for predicting that the next prime minister could be from neither the Congress nor his own party, the Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday said Nitish Kumar is most eligible to become the country’s prime minister.
“Advani-ji has a lot of experience.... He has contested several elections and has toured the country extensively. He unde... |
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| Deshmukh critical, family forbids health bulletin |
Chennai, Aug 7: The condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to the Global Hospital here, continues to be critical, an official said, adding his family members have declined permission to issue a medical bulletin about his status.
Told that Deshmukh is not just an individual but also a union minister, the official said the hospital is helpless as th... |
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| President Mukherjee meets Fijian counterpart |
New Delhi, Aug 7: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday met his Fijian counterpart Ratu Epeli Nailatikau and called for expansion of trade and investment between the two countries.
The president welcomed Fiji’s recent move to join the Non-Aligned Movement and the support it provides India for reforming the United Nations Security Council as well as multilateral financial instituti... |
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| Delhi Police search Kanda's house, farm house |
Gurgaon, Aug 7: Delhi Police on Tuesday raided the residence and farm house of Haryana’s former minister of state for home Gopal Goyal Kanda, booked for abetment to suicide of a 23-year-old former flight attendant in Delhi. Police seized some papers, laptop and CDs during searches.
Delhi Police Tuesday searched Gopal Kanda’s Civil Lines mansion for an hour. They also raided ... |
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| PM, Sonia assure Uttarakhand all help |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday expressed concern over the conditions in natural disaster-hit Uttarakhand and assured central assistance to the State.
Manmohan Singh on Tuesday directed the defence ministry to deploy helicopters to rescue people stranded in remote areas of Uttarakhand following flash floods and landslides an... |
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| SC breather for Maharashtra transport minister |
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the operation of the Bombay High Court order that cancelled the bail of Maharashtra Minister of State for Transport Gulabrao Baburao Deokar for his alleged involvement in the 2006 Gharkul housing scam. The apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J Chelameswar on Tuesday gave Deokar relief and suspended the operation of the orde... |
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| Swaraj asks Shinde to evacuate pilgrims from Uttarakhand |
New Delhi, Aug 7: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday urged Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to take emergency measures to evacuate pilgrims stranded in Uttrakashi following flash floods in Uttarakhand. Swaraj spoke to Shinde by phone. The minister assured her of doing the needful. “I have just spoken to Shinde and requested him to requisition army and air force helicopters and rescue the pi... |
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| Pay compensation to dead Sikhs, BJP tells US |
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday urged the US to pay compensation to Sikhs killed by a gunman in a gurdwara in Winconsin. “The injured should be provided best medical facilities and compensation should be paid to the kith and kin of the killed,” BJP leader Vijay Jolly said in a communication to US envoy Nancy Powell. Jolly, convenor of the BJP’s... |
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| No bail for three accused of vandalizing Mayawati statue |
Lucknow, Aug 7: A city court on Tuesday refused bail to the three people accused of vandalizing a statue of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati here last month. Dismissing the bail applications, Sessions judge Kamal Kishore Sharma ruled that the act was against society and had serious ramifications. He was hearing the bail applications moved by Alok S... |
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| Goa's water share important than party: Parrikar |
Panaji, Aug 7: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that he would not listen to central leaders of his BJP if they press him to sacrifice Goa’s interest in the ongoing water dispute with the party-ruled Karnataka. Independent legislator from Fatorda Vijay Sardesai in his calling attention motion claimed that Karnataka had almost completed the construction of a dam in the Belga... |
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| Vaccination can prevent cervical cancer deaths: Experts |
New Delhi, Aug 7: India, where over 70,000 women die of cervical cancer every year, should opt for preventive vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that causes the disease as this would go a long way in preventing its spread, health experts say.
Gerard Wain of the Westmead Hospital in New South Wales said that India, with its high incidence of cervical cancer, should opt fo... |
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| Tell legislator to remove structure near Jama Masjid: court urged |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Delhi Police on Tuesday moved the high court seeking direction to legislator Shoaib Iqbal to remove the structure built by him in Subhash Park, near the Jama Masjid, where the ruins of a 17th century mosque were unearthed.
Showing its helplessness to provide force to the North Municipal Corporation of Delhi to remove the structure, as directed by the court, police said... |
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| Solo album magic wanes: Digital media may revive it |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Whatever happened to solo albums? There was a time when the likes of Shaan and Falguni Pathak made it big with Tanha Dil, and Yaad Piya Ki. Nowadays, TV and radio channels don’t support such endeavours, musicians say, but feel that digital media offers some hope.
After facing a rough patch, the music industry is looking upwards. According to industry lobby FICCI,... |
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| The NRI as bureaucrat: Coaching schools warm up to idea |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Hoping to touch a patriotic chord, private coaching academies are increasingly looking at Indians settled abroad and their children and selling them the idea of taking the civil services exam to serve the motherland as a career bureaucrat.
It may be a novel idea for the NRI community - those with Indian citizenship of course - but some institutes are confident that it ... |
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| Do tigers have AIDS? Government says 'no' |
New Delhi, Aug 7: Is there any evidence of HIV/AIDS in lions and tigers, asked an MP in August 2010. Two years later, the environment ministry has come out with its verdict: “No evidence.”
The question was posed by Tufani Saroj, a Samajwadi Party member of the Lok Sabha from Machhlishahr in Uttar Pradesh.
Then environment minister Jairam Ramesh had promised to get an... |
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| Mother and I respect each other's music: Rocker Dhaval Mudgal |
New Delhi, Aug 7: His musical heritage has helped him sustain his Half Step Down band for the last seven years in the capital’s uncertain western music world, says rock ‘n’ roll vocalist Dhaval Mudgal, adding that his mother Shubha Mudgal and he respect each other’s works. “I grew up listening to my mother’s Hindustani classical music and the Beatles. I remember... |
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| Salman says no to small town promotional tour |
Mumbai, Aug 7: Superstar Salman Khan is playing safe - he has decided against travelling to smaller cities to promote his forthcoming film Ek Tha Tiger and he has a valid reason to do so. “It’s not about crowd control. There are women and kids and in their excitement, the men try to take advantage of the fact that there are women in the crowd. Then there are kids and senior citizens wh... |
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| Glad to see Olympics medal tally increasing: Big B |
Mumbai, Aug 7: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has hailed Indian woman boxer Mary Kom’s Olympics win and says he is glad to see India’s medal tally increasing over the years in the mega event. Kom ensured a fourth medal for the country at the 2012 London Olympic Games by making her way to the semi-finals on Monday. “Mary Kom from Manipur in the far east region of India has won her boxi... |
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| I would love to work with Aamir: Sunny Leone |
Kolkata, Aug 7: Apart from Salman Khan, Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone, who has made her Bollywood debut with Jism 2, would love to pair up with superstar Aamir Khan as well. “Aamir Khan is one of my most favourite actors. I would love to do any movie with Aamir Khan,” said the 31-year-old, who has revealed her desire to work with Salman. Pooja Bhatt’s erotic thriller Jism 2... |
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